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Living with high-content wolfdogs is no walk in the park. It is very unusual for these animals to be suitable indoor companions, and they cannot be left unattended in a home like a typical domestic dog. By nature, wolfdogs are curious, destructive, and do not like to be separated from their pack.
We have heard more than one story of these animals chewing through drywall and ripping apart solid wood doors to make their way out of a house when left unattended by inexperienced owners.
With proper training from well-educated handlers, though, a rare few high-content animals may be able to spend time inside with their human families under close supervision. Hear from Georgina, director at the Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary, about her experience with these unique (but high-maintenance) animals!
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I have a GSD! He kind of looks like a wolf to me but I'm just talking here. I bought him off some guy in my city. My question is if a GSD and a wolf were to mate would the color of the offspring's coat be leaning towards the wolfs side or the GSD's side?
That’s a really good question! It actually depends a lot on the natural throw of genetics, and honestly, there is no clear answer. An F1 cross between a wolf and a German shepherd will inherit an equal number of alleles from each parent, so will essentially be an even mix of both wolf and dog. This means that their coats will have wolfy attributes (such as a pronounced V-cape and banded hairs), and doggy attributes (such as single coats, or long ‘plush’ hairs). To make matters more complicated, some GSDs, especially those from working lines, have a sable coat instead of the typical black-and-tan ones most people think of when hearing the words “German shepherd.” To some people, these sable animals look a lot more wolfy to begin with because of that aspect. Here’s a couple of sable GSD with NO WOLF in them:
German shepherds also come in pure black and pure white, as well as particular dilutes, like blue and liver, such as these:
Wolves, too, come in an array of colors depending on region, subspecies, and genetics. They can also be anywhere from black to white, though rarely (if ever) exhibit genetic dilutes like dogs will. They do phase, though, as they get older, meaning that a wolf that is born black can eventually turn into a gray/blue/white color, like this:
So….what DO wolf/shepherd mixes actually look like?
There are virtually no F1 wolfdogs in the USA today (largely because no captive wolves in the USA today are EVER used for breeding wolfdogs). But over in Russia, a military experiment was conducted using F1 wolf/GSD crosses for scent work and protection training. Here are what some of those animals looked like:
As you can see, the animals also have an array of different coat colors, handing from black to pale brown. All have equal wolf and German shepherd traits. Sorry I couldn’t give you a clearer answer, but I certainly hope this suffices! :D
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Yellowstone wolf nicknamed “Half Black”. Jim Peaco, December 2003.
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Yellowstone wolf being fitted with tracking collar. Bill Campbell, 1999.
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Aerial footage of Yellowstone wolves, photographer unknown. 1999.
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A Yellowstone wolf being fitted with a tracking collar. Bill Campbell, 1999.
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Aerial footage of a Yellowstone wolf and pup. Photographer unknown.
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Yellowstone wolf being transported. Jim Peaco, January 1995.
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During reintroduction efforts, this pup was one of the first wolves born in Yellowstone park in nearly 60 years. By Barry O'Neill.
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